Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18
XXTH LEGISLATURE.
The Bill Fixing the Liability of Stock.
holders IL Corporations is De
feateG in the Senate.
assessment Of Property and Pre-
scribtuE Rules for Tan Collectors.
THE SENATE.

TIE SENATE.
/ Special to the Gazette. >;
AUSTIN, Tex, Feb. lG.-In the Sonata
to-day petitions were offered As follows
! By Senator Davis Of Madison countr.
asking tha- cooperative stores be per-
milted 20 De incorporated; also from cIti-
zens OF the stste, asking the establishment
OF q reformasory.
/ By Senator Houston, from the State
Bar Association, asking certain amend
/ men.s to the laws OF the state.
| Senator Harrison, for the committee on
! counties and county boundaries, reported
| back the hill cresting the counties of Al
! D!0n, JEFF Davis, Hayne and Prentiss out
| of parts of Preside, with IN amendment
| substituting Buchell for Albion, and
| Falloy for Fayne, and, IS amended,
recommended It's passage.
! Senator GlassCock, for the committee
| on education, reported back the House
bill providing for uniform system of
| text books, with 2 substitute providing
| Tor textbook libraries in several COun-
ties.
Senator Jarvis, for the committee on
finance, reported favorably the substitute
! for the House bill extending the time for
| the redemption of laudS sold Tor taxes !;
| fav0ra5ly the bill to require tax collectors
to pay taxes direct to the State Treas
urer.
Senator Pope, for the committee on
public lands, reported fayorsbly the bill
to validate patents in Greer county, with
p minority report.
Senator Glassccck called up the Joint
resolution No. +, requesting the Attorney
General to institute suits again,t all rail-
roads and other corporations TO recovet
lands forfeited by reason Of nCn-com-
piignce with their charters. TIE resOIu-
tion was adopted.
Senator Terrell called u? the bill to
permit married ladies to become inCOr-
porators and officers in interpretations
organized for charitable purposes, and it
passed to its third reading.
Senator BUrney called no House bill
No. IL to create six new counties Of
Tom Green, which passed to the third
reading.
Senator Harrison called un Senate bill
No. l2G, making each stakeholder individ-
ually liable 10 pay the debts of the corpo-
ration TO the extent of the amount unpaid
on his stock, aud for an additional amount
equal to the amount Of stock owned by
MIN.
Senator Gregg argued against the bill,
as its effect would be TO stiie small CAPT
talists and throttle small! enterprises,
such as gin companies, ice factories, and
other enterprises in cities Srd towns. he
said he knew yhe bill was in accord with
g plank in the Democratic PLATFORM
adopted at Galveston, but that the plank
was put in through sickly sentimental
ity and against the Intelligence of the
convention. The bill would accomplish
no good, and he opposed it.
Senator Mcdonald argued against the
bill and in briet but logical address
explained his position. He contended
that its passage would prevent corpora
ton for fair purchases, steel railways and
many other enterprises, Us no good bust
ness man would 90 into such enterprises.
Besides it Disseminated against our own
people, a. corporations outside of the
state would NOT be affected and could
come into the state and cOndnct their
business regardless of it's provisions.
Senator Allen as tiren Of legislation
which MADE tae rich richer and the poor
poorer. and he favored the bill, and
wanted corporations to start Just as indi-
viduals.
Senator L9ne made an able argument
10 favor of the bill and defended the &C
ton of the Democratic convention 1T
Galveston.
Senator Jarvis supported the bill. He
was member of the Democratic conven-
ton, and while Directing to the plank III |
the platform he had promised TO support |
il, and he had promised his people during |
the canvass to support some such law. |
He thought the object of the law a good |
one. |
The Senate refused to pass the bill to !
its third reading by the following vote:
Yeas-Senators Abercrombie, Allen, Ar
Burney, Camp, Claiborne, Hsr-
rison, Jarvis, Lane, Woods and Wood
ward. Total, IL.
Nays-Senators Bell, Burgess, Gal
houn, Davis, Field, Frank, Glasscock;j
Houston, Knittle, Mcdonald, Pope, Ter
rell. Upshaw. Total, a. !
Senator BurneY, for judiciary commit.
tee No. l reported favoraDly the bill pro
riding for reporter for the high courts
81 salary of $4,000 per annum.
THE HOUSE.
House bill No. 304, extending for ten
years the payment of the principal of the
purchase money, for school and /!
asylum lands sold under the acts
If April u and 20, 1874, was
passed. The time prescribed runs
from the date when the original obliga-
lions given for payment or the principal
If the obliga ions shall have become
Tue.
House bill No. 81, regulating and pro-
rIding for more accurate assessments of
property in this state and prescribing
rules for the direction OF tax collectors,
was conside ed and after the adoption of
/ few amendments was postponed as the
pending business tomorrow.
The Speaker signed Senate bill No. l03,
blowing railroads to abandon their coast
ermini at county seats on the Gulf
,Oast which have been destroyed by
storms.
The Governor sent in message with
resolution from the National Grange
elative TO the National Art aud Indus
rial Exposition ct Washington in 1889,
md the construction Of suitable eXpOsi-
ion buildings for this purpose at the
lstional capital.